Governors Office of Student Achievement Website www'gaosa'org

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Governors Office of Student Achievement
Websitewww.gaosa.org

• Prepared by Office of Accountability, Research,
  Evaluation, Assessment and Statistics

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GOSA

• The mission of GOSA is to provide accountability
  for all of Georgia's education system from
  pre-kindergarten through postsecondary levels
  that will result in improving student achievement
  and improving school completion.

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Annual Report Card

• GOSA hopes that the information contained in
  their reports will provide teachers, parents, and
  students with valuable information regarding
  schools and school districts and challenge
  communities to improve education for all of
  Georgia's children.
• As part of this mission, GOSA presents its annual
  report on Georgia's public K-12 schools. With the
  Report Card, GOSA presents the Single Statewide
  Accountability System (SSAS) for Georgia's K-12
  schools.

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Contents of Report Card

• This Report Card contains test results as well as
  other information relevant to schools and their
  performance toward the goals of student
  achievement and school completion.
• GOSA has worked as a partner with the Georgia
  Department of Education (GaDOE) to produce the
  Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports.
• Other portions were collected from other entities
  in order to provide a comprehensive view of the
  schools, systems, and the state.

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• GOSA and a large committee of stakeholders in the
  education communities from around the state,
  continue with establishing Georgia's Single
  Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) for K-12
  public schools that merges federal law with state
  law.
• The Report Card includes school, system, and
  state level reports organized into seven major
  sections Accountability, Georgia Tests, National
  Tests, Indicators, Student and School
  Demographics, Personnel and Fiscal, and
  Comparisons.

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• Assessment results and other data are summarized
  at the school, school system, and state level and
  in most instances are disaggregated (when
  available) by different student groupings.
• These groupings are based on race/ethnicity,
  gender, disability, and English proficiency,
  economic, and migrant status as required by the A
  Plus Education Reform Act of 2000 (state law) and
  the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (federal
  law).

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• For District report card
• Click on K-12 Public Schools
• Click on All Districts tab (A-Z)
• Click on Chatham County
• Click on Report Card banner
• Click on appropriate tab
• For school report cards
• Click on K-12 Public Schools
• Click on All Districts tab (A-Z)
• Click on Chatham County
• Click on School
• Click on Report Card banner
• Click on appropriate tab

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GOSA Report Card Comparisons

• The Comparisons section allows a user to compare
  up to 10 schools of the same level (elementary,
  middle or high school) from three districts using
  selected criteria. The user selects the test or
  indicator to compare as well as the subject area
  (if applicable) and the student breakdown
  (demographics).
• This section also contains two additional tabs,
  "Download Other Data" and "Related Links."